A Masterpiece!

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Review? I've mislaid it...maybe it's out by the pool! I can't find it anywhere...must ask Eric...but he's not here! Maybe he's out by the pool! I can't find him anywhere! Maybe I'll ask 'insert other name here'! But I can't find him anywhere! Maybe he's out by the pool!What's that noise in the woods - Who's that? Who's that? I know you're out there! C'mon Eric! I know it's you! You weren't out by the pool and weren't bringing beer and I couldn't find you anywhere...it must be you...Wait...a crap cop? ACting really badly? But not by the pool...what the AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGGHPsycho Cop is crap

I have seen many an abominable slasher teenkill body count film in my lifetime, so it's saying a lot that this hideously lame'n'tame loser qualifies as perhaps the worst slice'n'dice stinker I have ever had the grace misfortune to suffer through. A demented Devil-worshiping Los Angeles police officer (horribly overplayed to the annoyingly hammy hilt by the dorky, singularly unmenacing Bobby Ray Shafer) stalks and bumps off six wholly unlikeable, peevish, beer-swilling jerk teens partying their empty heads off in some typically creepy abandoned house located deep in the remote woods (boy, that's a fresh and novel premise for a horror film ... NOT!). Writer/director Wallace Potts does a simply super job of messing this putrid porker up big time: we've got nil suspense, painfully lurching pacing, grating false scares (which include the ever-popular and irritating cat jumping out of a cupboard and startling the hell out of someone phony jolt), obnoxiously atrocious acting, bloodless and moronic murders (a nightstick down the throat gag is especially execrable), no gratuitous sex or nudity to speak of, the flipped-out flatfoot cracks these horribly witless sub-Freddy Kruger one-liners every time he kills someone, and, naturally, there's an awesomely awful, groan-inducing and dissatisfying "he ain't dead yet" sequel set-up ending (sadly enough, said "nobody asked for it" sequel was actually made, which only goes to show you can't keep either a bad loony fuzzball or even worse fright film series down). Mark ("Blue Monkey," "Deep Space") Williams did the mild, middling gore f/x. If you ever happen to catch "Psycho Cop" in your rear-view mirror or God forbid come across a copy of it for rent at your local mom'n'pop video rental outlet, by all means make as much distance as you can from both this chortling, insufferable maniacal a**hole and his deplorable, no-account slasher flick series.

While I hesitate to give Psycho Cop a 10 out of 10 because if I'm being honest, it's by no means perfect (or a 'classic' movie but what the hell does that mean these days anyway. Apparently The Matrix is a classic, and that movie sucks), I haven't had this much fun watching a B-horror flick in a long long time. The joy of this movie is that instead of being a laughably bad horror that's hysterical because it's so cheesy, it's a laughably bad horror poking fun at itself for being laughably bad and having a damn good time being laughably bad. As will you, watching Psycho Cop Joe Vickers chuckle his way through a veritable army of victims with axe, billy club and even in one instance, a car.It isn't big, it isn't clever (you want clever, check out Maniac Cop instead, it's just as cool but much more serious) but it's damn funny. The people who took this seriously really missed the point, as this is a blatant genre spoof. It leaves no stone unturned in it's quest to lovingly lampoon 80s slashers. Bad Continuity? Check. Killer who materialises in front of the heroine after chasing her from BEHIND? Check. Hilarious 'let off some shteam' style one-liners? Check. I laughed all 90 minutes, and for once not because of spurts of comedy gore, just because of the pure comedy value.If you're a pretentious jerk go watch Saw a fortieth time, but if you like a good slasher and don't mind a hefty dose of broad stupid humour (Classic segment: Caretaker:'No! It can't be!' Psycho Cop:'Oh, but it is!' SPLAT!) with your horror check this hidden gem out, it rocks my world.

this movie is briiilllllliant! i laughed all the way through! the acting is terrible, the victims are unbelievably (and hilariously) stupid, and the psycho cop in question gets to utter some of the funniest lines, while laughing, grinning & murdering like a true nutcase! watch this film! you'll love it!